Western Front
German troops attack several miles of trenches near Verdun, but most gains, except at Hill 304, are reversed by a French counterattack.
British soldiers buying apples from a woman near the frontlines at Cambrin:
http://imgur.com/Wg8CFWl* © IWM (Q 6461)
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: 14th Indian Division retakes Hai west bank sector, creeping advances until January 31.
British troops win 1,100 yards of Ottoman trenches southwest of Kut Al Amara.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Battleship
U.S.S. Mississippi being launched from Newport News, VA:
http://imgur.com/VH2Xnzb
Arctic: Minelaying
U-76 rammed by Russian trawlers; she founders off Hammerfest.
Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: At Pless Austro-German naval chiefs draft note declaring Mediterranean prohibited zone to Allied shipping, Austrian U-boats to operate beyond Adriatic.
Ausgleich Agreement (1867) with Hungary changed and renewed in latter’s favour for 20 years.
Germany: War spending to date estimated at £5 billions.
France: French government restricts the number of courses restaurants can serve to 4 (hors d’oeuvres or soup, 2 mains, and cheese or dessert).
United Kingdom: British labour unions, by a vote of 3 to 1, defeats a resolution in favor of an immediate offer of peace proposals to the Central Powers.
British labour unions unanimously adopt a resolution urging a creation of an “international league” to maintain peace after the war.
Compulsory loan or sale to Treasury of “certain” foreign securities.
Canada: National Steel Factory established at Toronto.
United States: Women suffragists protesting outside the White House in the rain:
http://imgur.com/ujpvEDV
Netherlands: Dutch government bans armed merchantmen in the Dutch colonies, unless they are carrying food.